ORDER :

1. An application has been filed by the Election Commission of India¹ [“ECI”] seeking further directions.

2. In the order of this Court dated 11 March 2024, this Court had directed that ECI shall upload on its website the data furnished to this Court in compliance with the interim order dated 12 April 2019 which was being maintained in the custody of this Court. While issuing this direction, the Court has presumed that a copy of the data which was lodged before the Registry of this Court would be available with the ECI.

3. Mr. Amit Sharma, counsel appearing on behalf of the ECI states that, as a matter of fact, ECI did not retain a copy of the data which was collated by it since it was being placed before this Court in sealed custody.

4. The request, therefore, of the ECI is that the data which was filed before this Court be returned to it to enable it to comply with the order of this Court for uploading all the documents. This request of the ECI has not been opposed by Mr. Kapil Sibal and Mr. Vijay Hansaria, senior counsel and Mr. Prashant Bhushan, counsel for the petitioners.

5. We accordingly issue the following directions:

(i) The Registrar (Judicial) of this Court shall ensu